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Checklist for Family Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 (Fish Doctors)
and region Senegal (West Africa)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
118
267
483
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
117
266
482
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
39
59
93
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Isopoda
Latreille, 1817
And Woodlice, Freshwater Isopods, Indet. Woodlouse, Isopod
19
31
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Cymothoida
Wägele, 1989
5
14
20
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cryptoniscoidea
Kossmann, 1880
2
7
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCymothoidae
Leach, 1818
Fish Doctors, Tongue Biters
4
8
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Senegal
4 Genera with 8 Species
Cymothoa Fabricius, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Glossobius Schioedte & ..., 18182SpeciesTaxom
Mothocya Costa, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Nerocila Leach, 18774SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Senegal
8 Species
Cymothoa plebeia Schioedte & ..., 1884
Glossobius hemiramphi Williams & W..., 1985
Glossobius impressus Say, 1818
Mothocya trillesi Rokicki, 1986
Nerocila armata Dana, 1853
Nerocila orbignyi Guérin-Ménev..., 1832
Nerocila swainsoni Leach, 1818
Nerocila trichiura Miers, 1877


Links, sources and further information
Cymothoidae at artfakta.se
Cymothoidae at biodiversity.org.au
Cymothoidae at dyntaxa.se
Cymothoidae at gbif.org
Cymothoidae at irmng.org
Cymothoidae at itis.gov
Cymothoidae at marinespecies.org